Grand Pear is trying to mend his relationship with the Apples. They're nice enough, but It just feels like it's too little too late, and he wonders if maybe he'd be better off at his house in Vanhoover instead.

Maybe he shouldn't be here at all. They have their ways, and he has his.

Written for Animak for Jinglemas 2023!
https://www.fimfiction.net/user/222289/Animak

Prompt was (Spoilers) :
Hearth's warming tale, focus on Grand Pear spending the holiday with the Apples and tries to secretly help Applejack remake her late mothers special Hearth's warming 'apple butter'

Picture is straight from the Wiki entry for Grand Pear. He just looks so wonderfully unsure.

Nobody revealed how exactly Pear Butter and Bright Mac died, but it most likely had something to do with the feud between the Pears and the Apples. We all know how it all started: a rivalry between the two families, one favoring pears over apples. This caused some tension between Granny Smith and Grand Pear, which caused arguments left and right. It's like they never got along, letting their rivalry get in the way of everything else. This caused tension for the two star-crossed lovers, Pear Butter and Bright Mac, ending in the worst way possible.

Language, suicide/self harm, and sexual content warning.

Everypony in the Apple Family was so excited when Big Mac got married to Sugar Belle. But now that Hearth's Warming is just around the corner, the two of them are leaving to go visit Sugar Belle's parents.
Applebloom just can't understand why he has to go over Hearth's Warming of all times.

Written for Applejackofalltrades for Jinglemas 2022

Thanks to Sir Ragi and Nomad Flicker for proofreading.